Category Archives: Ellie

July Sewing: Surprise! TWO Sundresses

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Laura

Back in July, I posted pictures of the sundress that I made for Ellie.  Sneaky me actually made two identical dresses at the same time, one for Ellie and one for her cousin Violet so that they could be matchy-matchy … Continue reading →

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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Laura

After a wonderful two-week vacation in Alaska, we’re home!  We got back Thursday afternoon after a surprising fast and easy flight back.  Ellie and Mark happily restarted their mulch excavations, a favorite pastime of this summer. And, like last year’s … Continue reading →

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Cutest Family Ever (and the dress in action)

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Laura

Yesterday, Ellie decided that she wanted to wear her new dress so I took the opportunity to take a couple pictures of her in it. twirling fun! I also decided to wear my matching skirt, particularly after realizing I had … Continue reading →

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July Sewing: A Little Sundress for Ellie

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Laura

Chalk one up in the “I didn’t obsess over this too much and so actually completed something quickly” category!  My friend, Kristen, mentioned to me that Oliver&S had a free, easy pattern for a sundress.  So I downloaded it, and … Continue reading →

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A Little Brother-Sister Reading Time

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Laura

It is impossible to take round of pictures of these two without getting big cheesy grins! 🙂 P.S. Evidently reading is messy business and requires an apron.

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Ellie Learns To Somersault

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Laura

On Sunday, Ellie was in the somersault position and asking how to flip when we realized that we hadn’t ever taught her how to do it!  Probably many kids don’t need any lessons but Ellie is definitely more on the … Continue reading →

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“Our Whole Family!” (don’t want to give Mark all the blog love tonight!)

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Laura

Ellie has progressed to the “draw people with heads and legs” stage and today, inspired by some fun different shaped paper, she drew our whole family and then asked me to label them.  I especially love the little Mark and … Continue reading →

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First Bread

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Laura

Ellie has been quite happily helping me make our sandwich bread (rather, form the loaves) for almost two years now.  We have our routine – I roll it out the first time and fold it up, she rolls it flat … Continue reading →

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The Giraffe with Mark’s Quilt (a trip to the zoo!)

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Laura

Ever since I saw this absolutely adorable llama quilt photographed with llamas, I’ve dreamed of having a similarly adorable quilt photo shoot myself.  Mark’s quilt‘s feature fabric is full of giraffes so I figured a trip to the zoo would … Continue reading →

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To All The Mothers in My Life, And Especially My Own – Happy Mother’s Day! (and other thoughts about this day)

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Laura

Here’s a belated message for all the mothers I know, but especially to my own mother, Priscilla; my mother-in-law, Tina; my sister, Rachel; and my sisters-in-law, Meggan, Leah, Katie, and Nikki: Happy Mother’s Day! I love you! my lovely mama … Continue reading →

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